Trump, Syria & Facebook: The Volatile Cocktail Of The 2010s
December 18, 2019
3:18 pm
The Arab Spring gave way to bloodletting in Syria, a refugee exodus and surging jihadist violence. Obama gave way to Trump. The United Kingdom chose to Brexit. And for many around the world, while the 2010s began with hope for a more equitable world, they end with a slide towards nationalistic populism.
The following is a look at some of the people and events that shaped the past decade:
– America divided –
The United States will begin the 2020s with Donald Trump in the Oval Office, as a president of a country riven by political, societal and economic discord …
